Hepatic Copper Metabolism in a Mouse Model for Menkes' Kinky Hair Syndrome

Menkes kinky hair disease (Menkes syndrome). A case report.

Menkes disease (MD) is a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder. It is caused by a mutation in the ATP7A gene, which codes for the copper-transporting ATPase in the cell organelles. Dysfunction of many copper-dependent enzymes results in low concentrations of copper in some tissues and accumulation of copper in others. We report on a boy that at the age of 2 months presented with encephalopath...

Is kinky-hair disease a misnomer for Menkes syndrome?

Correction of cerebrospinal fluid copper in Menkes kinky hair disease.

A patient with Menkes Kinky Hair disease was treated with infusions of copper-histidine which resulted in normal copper values in the cerebrospinal fluid. This tends to confirm the in vitro data that copper is transported into the central nervous system complexed with histidine or other similar ligands.

Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome: A Rare Neurodegenerative Disease

Menkes kinky hair disease is a rare X-linked recessive disease nearly exclusively affecting males who present at 2-3 months of age due to abnormal functioning of copper-dependent enzymes due to deficiency of copper. Here, we describe a completely worked-up case of a 4-month-old male infant with very typical history and radiological features confirmed by biochemical and trichoanalysis. The initi...

Menkes kinky hair disease: A case report

An eight month old male infant with protein energy malnutrition was admitted in the hospital with the history of repeated attacks of convulsion since four months of age. He was also suffering from frequent attacks of cough and cold since 6 months of age which was marked prior to admission. The infant had fair complexion, sparse fuzzy wooly hair with marked trunkal hypotonia. He had also mental ...